Nepal
Poorest country in South Asia
Population 27 million of whom 82.5% lives on less than $2 per day
Youth Literacy Rate 70.1%
Female Youth Literacy Rate 60.1%
Adult Literacy Rate 48.6%
35% of children who start grade 1 will drop out by grade 5
2/3 of the population live below the poverty line.
38% of the population earns less than $1 USD per day
76% of women and 41% of men are illiterate (UNICEF 2002).
71% male and 60% females attend primary school.
44% percent of elementary school students reach 5th grade
Thousands of children live on the streets, are sold into bonded labor, or are trafficked out of the country.
